Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
1841
Description
1841 : H.G.6 : A service letter by a Staff Officer posted from OOTACAMUND, dated 12th March. Being a letter on Government Service no postage was to be paid.
Same office
Other recorded marks at Ootacamund
5 marks5 other pre-1854 postal markings of Ootacamund are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1841 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Ootacamund HG 6 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded.